Who Was I ?...Trivia

[Guest Edgy DC]

Uh-uh.

When I debuted, I was the youngest player in the league.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

OK, OK ---- Willie Montanez.

Youngest player when he debuted in 1966.

Second in NL ROY voting in 1971

Don't know about the orange tree, but he sure didn't have much range at first with the Mets.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Sure he did. He was a centerfielder his first two years with the Phils. Pretty athletic for a firstbasedude.

His baseball-reference.com profle has him as "Guillermo (Naranjo) Montanez."

Naranjo=Orange Tree.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

So I get to ask one now? I discovered this while researching the previous answer.

This former Met was the SECOND youngest player in the year he debuted. But he arrived on what some people consider to be the darkest day in our team's history. Has a famous in-law.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Gotta be Bobby Valentine.


Here's one: I am a two-time Met who was born on the day that a Hall of Fame baseball player died.

[HahnSolo]

You are Mike Jorgensen, and the HOFer who died that day was Babe Ruth.

And since I'm supposedly really busy at work, I can't come up with a question now.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Well then have mine which also was not answered correctly.

Opening-day outfielder for a Mets team, drove in the first run of that year, but the Mets only called on me in 6 other games ever.

[G-Fafif]

Dude, you gotta be Ken Henderson, one of the Henderson Men as Murph called you when you and your outfield brother Steve were laying lumber to horsehide.

Me? I was handed a starting outfield job in the middle of a pennant race despite no experience at the position.

[stevejrogers]

You are Ken Henderson

Well at least Kenny got into 7 more games that season, I started Opening Day, but that was the ONLY game I'd play for the Mets that entire season!

[nymr83]

]Me? I was handed a starting outfield job in the middle of a pennant race despite no experience at the position.

you are Todd Hundley.

next: I was traded to the Dodgers in November of 1998 for a guy who would hit .160 in his second tour of duty with the Mets the following year. (no cheating, i'm sure you could easily find this on baseball reference or UMDB)